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May 2022
37m 55s

Reflexive Control Theory: a Soviet persp...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Maria de Goeij provides a brilliant introduction to reflexive control theory, a Soviet theory of influence. Listen to learn more and appreciate how it can help us better understand today's world, including strategic decision making in hybrid warfare. Reflexive control theory is a theory of influence that was developed in the 1960s, in Soviet Russia. During t ... Show More
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